Aug 06 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The day Governor Greg Abbott declared he would not impose a new mask mandate despite rising cases throughout the state, I, fully vaccinated since April, contracted COVID-19. The day the Rio Grande Valley saw 648 new cases for COVID-19, the first time cases have reached that number in months, every breath …
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Aug 06 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com As Point Isabel ISD prepares for the incoming school year, many of the same concerns surrounding COVID-19 remain, more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic. “In some aspects it feels like déjà vu, and then on the other hand it’s a whole new experience and nightmare that we’re living all …
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Aug 06 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has some explaining to do. The Court of Appeals in the D.C. Circuit ruled that FERC failed to adequately explain the climate and environmental justice impacts of two proposed liquified natural gas (LNG) export plants slated for construction in the Port of Brownsville. Rio Grande …
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Aug 06 2021
By NAYELLI QUIROGA Special to the PRESS The Point Isabel Independent School District held a joint board workshop and bond committee meeting on August 3. The meeting began with updates by PIISD Financial Advisors, Estrada, Hinojosa & Co. Because of the Robin Hood plan, when the state finances schools, they take from wealthier districts and …
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Aug 06 2021
By RAY QUIROGA rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com They may not have the biggest boat, the most advanced onboard technology, nor do the claim to be the best fishermen in the game, but in their own way, the three-man fishing team of Wayne Soprych, Robb Hyland and Isai Cantu embody the spirit of the Texas International Fishing Tournament (TIFT) …
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Aug 06 2021
By Gaige Davila Photos courtesy of the Mock family. editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Raymond “Skipper” Mock, a local fishing guide, father, brother, uncle, can lay claim, perhaps better than most, to living and dying by the tides of the Laguna Madre. Raised in Port Isabel, Skipper was, is, a physical mythos of the waters that surround his hometown …
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Aug 06 2021
Parent meeting, media day this Saturday By Constancio Martinez Jr Special to the PRESS Early Monday morning, August 2, the football players were assigned their lockers, uniforms and equipment for the upcoming football season. Once settled the players made their way onto the practice field for the start of the 8 a.m. football practice. After …
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Jul 22 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com SpaceX is once again under federal scrutiny, this time for a launch tower meant for the company’s first orbital launch from its Boca Chica facility. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that SpaceX’s construction of the tower without receiving a launch license for orbital flight, or a space flight with one …
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Jul 22 2021
Low water pressure on SPI lasted for days By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com South Padre Island had been burdened with water issues the past week, with repairs concluding this past Tuesday. A pump went down at the Laguna Madre Water District’s (LMWD) water treatment plant in Laguna Vista on July 9, then a second pump went …
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Jul 16 2021
Special to the PRESS El Paseo kicks off its 17th Season on August 25 and 26 as they host a Camille Playhouse production, “56 Years of Song,” a musical review. The show features solos and ensembles representing the many Broadway musicals presented at Brownsville’s Camille Playhouse over the past 56 seasons from the early production …
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